The Graduate School has invested in a continued Institutional Membership in National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD). This membership began June 1, 2022 with support from the Graduate School, Division of Diversity Equity and Inclusion and the Division of Academic affairs.

Through UWM’s institutional membership, all graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and faculty have access to the National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity (NCFDD). NCFDD resources are broadly applicable across academic disciplines and include a range of topics such as time management, overcoming academic perfectionism, developing a daily writing plan, writing grant proposals, and more. These resources offer concrete guidance that could increase your productivity and your sense of well-being.

African American female professor using laptop while doing a research at university library.
African American female professor using laptop while doing a research at university library.

The National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity is an independent professional development, training and mentoring community for over 90,000 faculty, post-docs and grad students, dedicated to supporting academics in making successful transitions throughout their careers. They offer workshops, professional development training and intensive mentorship programs.

As a member of the UWM community, you have free access to these materials.

NCFDD training teaches concrete, empirically tested strategies for increasing productivity and pays special attention to the challenges of underrepresented faculty. In addition to monthly training workshops, NCFDD provides an opportunity for individual scholars to become more effective.

UWM’s Institutional membership provides relevant professional development training, support from highly trained and successful mentors, a confidential space for problem-solving, and downloadable formats for self-paced learning.

NCFDD member resources include:

We want to draw your attention in particular to the Core CurriculumHidden Handbook, and Dissertation Success Curriculum (among other webinars and events) to support those in academia covering topics such as planning, developing writing habits, work-life balance, managing stress, and developing mentorship networks. And the NCFDD periodically offers 14-Day Writing Challenges to jumpstart productivity.
As a member of the UWM community, you have free access to these materials.

How to Activate Your UWM Sponsored Membership:

  1. Go to the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity website (www.facultydiversity.org).
  2. Select the “Become a Member” tab and choose “Claim Your Institutional Membership.”
  3. Within the list of universities, click on “University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee”
  4. Complete the registration form by following all instructions. Be sure to provide your UWM email address.
  5. Once you have submitted your registration information and NCFDD has approved your connection to UWM, you should receive a welcome email.

For More Information: facultydiversity.org/


National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity UWM Activities

Fall 2024

This Fall, we are hosting three events connected with our institutional membership in the National Center for Faculty Development, brought to you by the Faculty Mentoring Program and the Multicultural Scholars Collaborative.

Pie and Planning: Every Semester Needs a Plan

Start off your semester with a semester roadmap! NCFDD’s core skill #1 is available for asynchronous viewing.

Whether or not you watch the webinar, please join us in person (for some pie!) or on Zoom to review the approach to semester planning advocated by the NCFDD and to engage in some of your own semester planning. This is an action-oriented session to set the stage for your semester activities.

Tuesday, September 10, 3:00-4:00 pm

Bolton 195 or Zoom

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Fall 14-day Writing Challenge UWM Collective Writing Sessions

The NCFDD hosts periodic 14-day writing challenges to jumpstart daily writing practices. Register by September 27 to participate in the Fall Writing Challenge from October 7 to October 20. We will hold a collective writing session online to start off the week. This session held in coordination with the Diversity Scholars Network at University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and the UWM Multicultural Scholars Collaborative.

All Faculty, Academic Staff, and Graduate Students
Monday October 7 from 9:00-10:30 am
Zoom

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How to Manage Stress and Looking Beyond Burnout

This session centers faculty well-being, particularly minoritized faculty, to bring the lenses of purpose, compassion, connection, and balance to strategies to that help faculty face burnout and stress related to the writing, grant proposals, and institutional challenges. We invite faculty to watch your choice of two NCFDD webinars focused on this topic; even if you can’t watch the seminars, we invite you to join us in discussion that centers renewal and concrete strategies for managing physical, emotional, and attitudinal effects of stress for faculty from minoritized backgrounds and renewal for members of these groups.

Watch:

Skill #10: How to Manage Stress, Rejection & the Haters in Your Midst (Asynchronous recording)
or
Beyond Burnout: Faculty Well-being: Individual and Institutional Approaches (live webinar on November 15, 1:00-2:30 pm, with asynchronous recording available after event)

Faculty discussion
Thursday, December 12
12 noon, Lunch provided
Bolton 195 or Zoom
*Discussion held in collaboration with Multicultural Scholars Collaborative

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Check back here for more information about location(s) and topics.